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FOR YOUR ROLODEX
SMALL PRESS:
POLESTAR BOOK PUBLISHERS, P.O. Box 69382, Station K,
Vancouver, British Columbia V5K 4W6 Canada. (604) 251-9718.
Publisher: Michelle Benjamin. Estab. 1983. "Small
literary press with eclectic list of fiction, poetry,
nonfiction and hockey books." Publishes paperback originals.
Published new writers within the last year. Averages 10
total titles, 4-6 fiction titles each year. Somtimes
comments on rejected ms. Needs: Open. "No racist, sexist,
violent themes/issues." How to Contact: Accepts unsolicited
mss. Submit outline/synopsis and 3 sample chapters. SASE.
Agented fiction %10. Reports in 1 month on queries; 6-8
weeks on mss. Simultaneous, photocopied submissions OK.
Accepts computer printout submissions. Terms: Pays
royalties of 10-12% and 10 author's copies. Advance
negotiable, $400 average. Sends galleys to author.
Publication time after acceptance varies. Book catalog
free. Advice: "We like the excitement of discovering new
writers ... feel somewhat that this is the role of the
small press. We would like to see more passionate writing,
less excess words."
COMMERCIAL PUBLISHER:
BOOKS IN MOTION, Suite #501, 9212 E. Montgomery, Spokane, WA
99206 (509) 922-1646. President: Gary Challender. Estab.
1980. "Audiobook company, national marketer. Publishes
novels, novellas and short stories in audiobook form ONLY."
Published new writers within the last year. Averages 70
total titles, 65 fiction titles each year. Needs: Open.
"We accept full-length novels, and since we publish works in
audio casette form only, we need plots that move,
characterizations that are vivid and stories that capture
the ear as well as the imagination. Our current priorities
are mysteries, action/adventure and humor." No
"introspective fiction or erotic fiction or pointed
political fiction." How to contact: Accepts unsolicited mss.
Submit outline/synopsis and 4 sample chapters. SASE for ms.
Reports within 3 weeks to 3 months. Simultaneous and
photocopies submissions OK. Terms: Pays royalties of 10%.
"We pay royalties every 6 months. Royalties that are
received are based on the gross sales that any given title
generates durin gthe 6-month interval. Authors must be
patient since it usually takes a minimum of one year before
new titles will have significant sales." Publishes ms 6-12
months after acceptance. Book catalog free on request.
Advice: "We would like to see more short works, less than
700 pages. We are currently looking for works from 55 to
100 double-spaced, typed pages."